Feed board for printing presses



June 24, 1930. BARTEL 1,765,859

FEED BOARD FOR PRINTING PRESSES Filed Feb. 11, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN VEN TOR g .1 w /l. Bar??? A TTORNE Y June 24,1930. EQ A. BARTEL 1,765,859

FEED BOARD FOR PRINTING- PRESSES Filed Feb 1927 2 Sheets-Shqet '2 Patented June 24, 1930 'PIAT 'I emm 115 'ZBARTEL, :eiiooKni'N, nEw YOnx} nssienon, To. r-w eon. I l nonn niom on nnooxn srn, YORK, l-lnCQRPQItATIOltTQF NEW 2031:

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app aseed ate 1 isevrflse r iailvo. 67,451 I This invention relates in} general to feed boards for printing presses, and more especially to printing press ifeedjboards used tor intaglio printing. I v if I In practi'eehe1fetoore,T especially in preparing to take impressions'from'engraved platesandthe like, considerable time has been required properly tol'oeate the position of V the impression relative to the Work,',and sub-- 1 sequent'ly to locate ,the'guides on vthe feed" I [hoard inorder properly to position the Work relative to the imp ression.' fT-To'thisiend, the present invention aim'sItQj provide improved 7 means for expeditiouslya guides relative to the jimpo es'slons r solo'cated @Speoifioal'ly, the inventioncontemplates a transparent sheet, prefe bl-y 'compos'ed; oi

o the impression. during th printin opera- (shettb the feeding bbardfwhereby' atrial impression m y be made on suehi cellulo d sheetgand otlier clips for. anchor' ngia trial I sheet of Work to such". celluloid; sheet after gm v properly positioning tlie'fsame relative to; the

trial impression received" on such celluloid .sheet whereupon the'edge of the trial sheet to; bei lojoatedlonfthe feed board; f

(if-Work; Will'define the position of the guide 3.5 -pteifically, the jinyentl on further eo n- "templates thefprovijsion of improved. gu des:

I consisting ofthrieesheet edge engaging memlbers, flexible .niembers for upport n suoh sheetf engaging membersijslot's 1n the feed soloiated with said niounted'in saidslo'tsand.

v flexiblemembers"te -anchor iflexible mem-" hers vand therewith the {sheet edge engag ng.

embe in' predetermiiied pOSit'iOIl. I

, d aeouratelylocat ingthfiposition of s'sion relative to the ork,,-' and also to provid niproved means I for, expeditiously and a uratelyloe'ating the provision of. sl- 1eet metal members adjustably secured to the feed boa rd for regulating the size of opening-in, the feed board "through which the impression die operates.

I ,"The' invention also contemplates. thepro 50 vision otaflexiblesupport-for tliefcard, sujoh .i

support Consisting of metal sheets, the yield- 1 ability of which support Willaidv in'li fting the'work from the die after an impression has been taken to protect the work from pos{ sible smudging due to motion ofthe ork relative to the die as the Work is released from the die. I These and other features, capabilities and advantages ofthe'inventi-on Will appear from 60 the. sub-joined detailed description of one specific, embodiment thereof, illustrated in U 7 7 'the accompanying drawings, in which I1 in Order properly "to 'g-uide the Work IGlQ lJIVB Figurel is a plan viewshowing the feed ing' thepositionv of the'sheet edge engaging.

mem'bers after thetrial impression has been" v ,made;' I I I c11uL0i'1- 1- the likeyhavinga el'ip or other I suitable seouringmeans for attaching such Fig. 2 is a plan i iew similarto Fig} l, liaying removed therefrom the trial; impression sheet, the Work and't ometa-l sheets,'.'for"dete'rmining the size of opening of thefeed and I I Fig. 4.18 adetaehed elevation at one ime 7 trated a feed board j]3, preferab'ly consisting 30 s f- 'mel a su h as a m um Q1 h 'l and havingfa lower rectangu lar 'supportingfi I member land-an upper sheet 2; theedge's' of Whiol ;exitend beyond the supporting rnemb'er; ';1 ,as clearlyiindioated' 5, As shown'in Fig.2, the-upper sheet 2'has,

'tw oj openin'gs 3andi l extending therethroiigh, I and-three;elongated slots 5p6and7;f The p g'ul-arvportion j} has a 'reeta openin an eixtensionlE extending tromit'sl Fig,l3fis a .e-ont ev ia of the feat-t a and29; 1n the present instance,- are secured to When sa long sheet of worl in c'ontour, as is generally the case, athree point contact of course would be sufficient todetermine the location of the sheet of work Forthis'reason, inthe present instance, three guides arezprovided, although anyg'reater number may be. used as desireddepending uponthe shape of the sheetofrwork. a The guides confist essentially of-three rods 28,1. 29 and 30, each substantially.identical with one another. Each of t hekrods as, an instance the rod 28, hasi'an engagement block 31 secured to the end of a fleXibIermember-BQ,

preferably spring steel roundstock, which member 32, inthe present instance, is secured to-ahpiece of square drill rod-33. aThe rods 28 extend parallel with onefanother' andvertically ftothe slots5 and 6, while the rod 30 is secured-to extendoparalleltotheslots 5 and 6andyertically to'the' slot 7. Y

W is used, the lower-=slot6 is preferably used to anchor the rods-28 and29 thereintto determine thelposition ofthe lower edge ofthe'sheet of work W. In thepresent instance; see Fig. 1 wher e'a 'shorlt pieceof work, a :card, is illustrated the upper "slot 5 is used to anchor the rods 28 and 29 in. place. The-slot? is used to anchor the rod 30inrplace, the block 310i which defining the position of the righthand edge of'th'e sheet of work W. The'imeans for anchoring I- the rods '28 and 29 inthe slot5= are substantially'identical. i The anchoring Ineans345see Fig. 4, consists essentiallyof a cylindricalmember-'35 havingtwo parallel recesses 36 and 37 extending para11e1 tdone another and to the face of thecylindrio'al.member Above the recesses 36 and 37 and extending at right angles to 'such"reces ses',there is provided an opening 38'extending fdiametrically through the cylindrical memberi in 7 "communication with theinternally threaded "opening 39; extending down-;axiallyitrom the upper end of the cylindrical member The threaded opening] 39 rece iyjesi the threaded portion of the set screw 40; The anchoring members 34 are positi oned'i'nthe'slots 5 6 and 7'; by 1 being initially introduced through. the

enlarged rounded was of such. slots 9 pr 10,

and thereupon the recesseBB and '37'posr f 'tioned 'to engage the; edges of the slots" 6 i'sterf withthe edges of the slot 5,:-and sli d aloi'igi until they" are substantiallyin line I with the portion R of the openingj 31. The

anchoring 7 member "34: of the rod '30iis'simila'rly introduced'i'nto the slot 7,' with its recesses 36 and'37 registering with the edges of the slot 7 and 'thean choring member then moi ed along the slot 7 untilitis' positioned di posite the por ion Ro e pe 3 and preferably adj acent to the lower edge thereof,

ith particular reference pd Fig. ".1, the. recesses 36 and of' the anoho'ririg' members 34 of therods 28 and 29; are positioned to reg- 30,- if not already introduced into the ancho'rv as indicated in Fig. '1. Therods 28,29 and i'ng membersei, may then beslid' into thea-n choring members 34 withfl their blocks 31pxtending 'toward the portion R of the] open ing 3.,

After the sheet of work hasibeen porarily anchored by theclips 26and27, as

illustrated in Fig. 1,.the rods 28and 29p are moved up untilthey engage the loweredge'of the sheet of Work W, whereupon the-set screw 40. is manipulated to tightly anchort'he-rods 28and29inisuch position. Similarly, the rod 30 willibe moved into position so that itsblock- 31engages the right hand edge of the she'etof Work W,fand thereupon-its. set screw Ois manipulated to engage "the rod 30 and-se 'curel y anchor it in position. By reference to.

F ig. 3-, it will be noted that the flexible member 32 is bowed downward toward theplate 2. In view: thereof, when'the set' screwO is screweddown, the' 'rods 28, 29 and 30 will tend tion '32,.thereby tightly anchoring the blocks '31 in. engagement with the surface beneaththe same. The openings 38, as indicateddnFig. fl, preferably afi'ord suflicient clearance for the rods 28,529and 30,s'o that the same'canbe W is used, it being obvious that without such ;s'upport'12 the blocks 31' would extend into the opening 3. Similarly, the sheet 16 will ,serVe-a ska support for the block 31 of the rod when a narrowpiece of work is used.

thereto attached sheet of Work W maybe re-' inoyed, and the feed'board is then pre ared to receive the work-forthe printing jo In the printing operation the piece of worlrW to stra'ightenout'the curve-in the flexible por- .freely moved: :in; the cylindrical portions. I 35 1 the new :shea 1 2 After the rods28; 29 and 30 areso'locked j in -positiomthe' sheet of celluloid 19 with lts is preferably fed down from an upperleft direction, so that its lower edge and right hand edge "engage the blocks 31ofthe rods 328, 29-31mm [After theimpression has' been -*taken,fthef10wer' right handficorn'er Qfth'e V she etl of work is generally engaged to remove the piece ofwor'k Win a right hand direction. 1. Whenthe rneta'l sheet f16-is'not in use, the 76X tension E forms a clearance alongthe right handedge of-thepiece of work W, so that'the finger of. the operator extend into-the same and thus conveniently engage the' rlg'ht hand edge of theipiece of work WV and remove it therefrom after the impression 'h'a's been received. On the other hand when along piece of workis used; suchas a standard let'- ter size sheet, a (portion of the right-hand hand position downwardly in a right hand i remove edge will extend across the opening 47 in whicli case the opening 4 will serve to permlt the operators finger to'pass into the same'and engage the righthand edge'of the sheet to it after theimpression has been reg ceived. i

' Itisobvious that-various changes and mod- 7 ifications maybe made to the'details of con struction Without departing from the general spirit of the v invention as set forth in the appended c1aims.-v 7 a a r i Iclaim:

1; The combination with a feed boardhav-V ingan opening therein for the operation of the impression die, of asheetof transparentmaterial'adapted to-extend across said open-V 7 ing to receive a trial impresslon, means for attaching atrial sheetof work'to said transparent material 3 after positioning the same to determine the position of the work relativeto the impression of the impression die,

, to register withthe edges of the trial sheet of V V i I 1 i sing, operation.

andguides formed on-said feed board adapted workto determine the position; of'the work relative to the feed boardduringzthe print- {2. The combination with a feedboard'havinggan opening-therein for the op eratf onsof r the impression die, of asheetof transparent ja o material, means for attaching said sheetfof transparent material to saidfeed board to .eX tend across said opening to receivea'trial 1mpression, I and means for attaching: a trial Isheet 'of'work to said transparentf inaterial after positioning the same to determine the position of the work relative to thefeed board during the printingoperation."

it 3. The combination with a feed boardhavvmgan opening'thereinfor the operation of theimpression die and having a flange, of a sheet of transparent celluloid, a clip formed. j on'said celluloid to engage said flange tolexntend. across said-opening to receive .a trial impression, and 'means for attaching a trial sheetof work to said celluloid after,position ing the same to determine theposition of the Work relative to the feed boardduring the printingoperation.

' 4f, Theicomb'ination with a feed hav- ,ing an openingtherein for the operation of the impression die andhaving a, flangealong its edge, of a sheet of transparent celluloid,

" a clip formed on said celluloid to engageisaid flange, there ,beingfrecesses in 'said board,

pins associated with said celluloid adapted" to engagesaidrecessesto position said celluloid to extend Jacrosssaid opening tore- 'ceivea trial impression and means forcat- 'taching a trial sheetof workito said celluloid after positioning the-same to determine the position of the work. relative to the feed board I during the printing operation.

p 5. fThe'combination with a v ,posediofsheet-metal having anopening there- I feed board oomin to accommodate the impression ofithe imof work relative tosaid'feed board;

pression die, there being a plurality iof 'slots in said boar'd,cylindric al bodies forming an'- ehoring means having parallel recesses-tore: ceive the parallel edges of the 'slots,' rods;

guideblocks secured to said'rodsto be posiftioned to determine the location of the sheets I of work relative to the feed board during the printing operation, there being fan" opening in eachcylindrical body to, receive one of said .rods, and'setfscrews for securinggsald rods in said cylindrical bodies' against displacement, said rods having flexible portions normally bowed so that the tightening of said set screws will causefsaid blocks intimately to'en-' gage the adjacent supporting surface thus an? choring' said cylindrical bo'dy in saidlfeed board against displacement.

6 The comb'nation with a feed board composed of sheet metal having an opeiningthereinto accommodate the impression of theini pressiondie, there being a plurality of slots a a in said board, cylindrical bodies forming an a choringmeans having parallel recesses to receive the parallel edges of the. slots, rods, guide blocks secured to said rods tobe positioned to determine the location of'the sheets of work relative to the vfeed boardduring the pr nting operation,there being an openingin each cylindrical body to receive one .of said I rods, set SOI'QXVSTOISBCDIlIlg sa d rods-1n said cylindrical bodies' against displacement, and v a supporting sheets of metal securedzto'f said feed board-to cross athepaths of movement of the edges of the impression die and formsup-' portlng surfaces forsaid guide blocks, said;

rods having flexible portions normallybowed 'jacent supporting sheets and thus anchor said cylindrlcal bodies displacement;

in said feed board against so that thetightening of said set, screwswillv cause said blocks intimately to engage the'-,ad-,

7. j'lhe combination witha feed posed-of sheet'metal having an opening therein to accommodate the operation of theimf pression die, there being a pluralityof slots {1 in said-board, of anchoring means, mounted in said sl'otsyrods, flexible portions secured to said rods, guide'blocks secured to said flexible portions, supporting faces for said guide blocks formed on said feed board, said flexible' portions being normally bowed with the gu de blocks extending-toward said support 7 c ing faces, and means forsecuring said rods in said anchoringmeans and simultaneously causing said blocks intimately toengage the; ad acentsupporting faces to anchor said an choringemeans against displacement: relative to said feed board, said guide blocks beingp0- sitionedto determine the location'of a sheet 8'. v The combination with a feed board composed of sheetmetal'having an opening there in toaccommodate the impression of the'impression die, there being a plurality of slots i in said board, guide means'adjustably mounted insaid slots to determinethe locationof the sheets of work'relative to the feed bo'ard during the printing operation, and supporting sheets of metal secured to said feed board to cross the paths of movement of the edges of the impression die andform supporting surfaces, forsaid guide'means, said guide I means having fi'exibleporti'ons intimately to engage the adjacent supportingsheets and thus be anchored in said feed boardagainst I 1Y0 displacement.

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